Mysterious pentagram etched into remote Kazakhstan field explained

A pentagram, etched into a remote corner of Kazakhstan, can clearly be seen on Google Maps. (Google)

A mysterious pentagram discovered by satellites etched into a remote corner of northern Kazakhstan, baffling and mystifying viewers around the world has been explained — and it couldn't be further from the Gates of Hell.

The massive 1,200 feet in diameter pentagram just 12 miles west of the city of Lisakovsk has been identified as the remnants of a former Soviet-era summer camp whose grounds are said to have never been completed.

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"It is the outline of a park made in the form of a star," archaeologist Emma Usmanova, who has years of experience working in the Lisakovsk area, told NBC's LiveScience.

Though the star's lines are dotted in for Google viewers to clearly see from a far, the circle surrounding it appears preserved by a well-worn road and trees.

Such a design may sound utterly baffling but stars were widely used to decorate Kazakhstan and other parts during the Soviet Union's rule.

That hasn't stopped some conspiracy theorists from ruling out explanations like devil-worshipping, however — a popular misconception for the symbol used by Mesopotamians, Greek Pythagoreans, Christians, Freemasons and Wiccans, according to historians of religion.

Historians say the star-shaped park located 12 miles from the northern city of Lisakovsk is in no way Satanic. (Google)

"Satellite detected a huge devil pentagram in Kazakhstan," one YouTube video posted in 2012 that showcases the symbol reads.

"WTF! Huge Devil Pentagram in Kazakhstan on Google Maps!" another video uploaded in July reads.

In both videos' comment sections, viewers passionately sounded off on possible theories.

"The pentagram is a symbol for Baphomet. Baphomet is associated with Satanism. And the Church of Satan has adopted the inverted pentagram as its symbol as well — Satan IS evil," one YouTube user wrote Saturday.

"Whats so 'devil' about it?" another wrote Sunday. "Ancient cultures used this simbol (sic) for luck and protection, long time before anybody heard about satan, devil or lucifer. It has nothing to do with evil, actually pagans (everybody who's not judeo-christian) used it as defence (sic) against all sorts of evil."